to collapse into; to flop onto
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)
weave; weaving; woven item
fan painted with a picture
quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
gabion; cage filled with stones
(arch.) eight ata (approx. 144 cm); large; long
going to hell; falling into hell
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
half the body; half length
legitimate self-defence; legitimate self-defense
excessive or unjustifiable self-defense (defence)
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to capture alive; to catch alive; to take prisoner
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
foreign; abroad; overseas
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to pick up; to find; to gather
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
(a place) out of one's reach